Fovea exhibitions 143 MAIN STREET BEACON 12508 New York États-Unis
For the past eight years, the Iraqi people have been forced to flee their homes and their country, creating one of the largest exoduses of refugees in the history of the Middle East.
Hear about the personal experiences from: Ali Rawaf, a 20 year old Iraqi refugee and currently a student at the University of Texas at Austin, who left Iraq at age 15 after being threatened due to his writings as a blogger within Iraq. Dr. Les Roberts is an epidemiologist who has led over 50 surveys in 17 countries, mostly measuring mortality in times of war. He is the author of the 2004 report estimating Iraqi civilians casualties at 100,000 Iraqi that drew ire from the Bush administration, who insisted it was much lower. Lori Grinker is the author of the exhibit currently on display at Fovea "Nothing Like My Home". A 15-year documentary project on veterans of war from thirty countries entitled AFTERWAR: Veterans From A World In Conflict by Ms. Grinker was both an successful traveling exhibit and hardcover book.
A public reception will follow for the photographer and panelists, featuring wines from Chateau Routas from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. This exhibit looks at the personal and private trauma experienced by a few of these people since the war began in their country, as documented for an extended period by the celebrated photojournalist Lori Grinker. On view through May 8th.
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Photo caption: After receiving the proper papers from the U.S. Government, Ali Rawaf, an Iraqi asylum seeker, works at a Chick-fil-A fast food restaurant after school in Tucson, Arizona. March 2008. Photograph by Lori Grinker.